Question

Cite evidences which would suggest that the first mass happened in Masau (Butuan) and Limasawa (Southern Leyte) ?

Answer 1

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The first documented Catholic Mass in the Philippines was held on March 31, 1521, Easter Sunday. ... Today, this site is widely believed by many historians and the government to be Limasawa at the tip of Southern Leyte, though this was contested by some who assert that the first mass was instead held at Masao, Butuan.

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Answer 2

Evidences Which Would Suggest That The First Mass Happened In Masau (Butuan)

• Among the evidence that is used by the group of pro-Butuan were several accounts composed by non-eyewitnesses decades after the 1521 Easter Sunday mass, and futhermore the 1872 monument in Magallanes, Agusan del Norte. All these accounts asserted the first mass was held in Masau (Butuan).

Evidences Which Would Suggest That The First Mass Happened In Limasawa (Southern Leyte)

• In 1996, it reasserted the famous assumption impelled by Republic Act 2733 that the first Holy Mass was celebrated in Limasawa Island on March 31, 1521, NHI illustrated the memoirs of Antonio Pigafetta, who chronicled the procession of Ferdinand Magellan, as the only valid primary source that results in the best evidence of the happening of the First Mass in Limasawa (Southern Leyte).

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